Results 1-4 of 4 for agriculture scheme data speaker:Michelle Mulherin
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for Budget 2019: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2018)
Michelle Mulherin: ...them further? My biggest concern here today is the suckler cow. I know the Minister wants to support the beef sector and the suckler farmers. I acknowledge the measures that are there, the beef data and genomics scheme, the establishment of the beef producer organisations, all the new markets the Minister has worked towards opening, alongside Bord Bia and all the other measures that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michelle Mulherin: ...would expect that the board of ICBF would have proper engagement with the witnesses and the other breeding organisations and that they would be heard out. The issue of governance, and that the scheme would function properly and bring about results, is a legitimate question. When we hear about the new CAP or of agriculture in Europe, issues of climate change and environmental change go...
- Seanad: Developments in Organic Sector and Greyhound Industry: Statements (22 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: .... On the issue of the greyhound sector governance and regulation, I welcome the fact that the Minister of State is bringing the greyhound industry Bill to Cabinet and before the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, of which I am a member. We will have a chance to debate it further.I have no doubt we will be back here considering the up-to-date position on it. I acknowledge the...
- Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Michelle Mulherin: ...know about the climate debate, the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol before that, farming tends to get a lot of criticism, and there is a balancing act. We cannot talk about climate change in agriculture without talking about food security. We have to look at things in the round. I believe that is what Government policy is doing.On the one hand, there has been extreme criticism by...